My last day on my 2005 Harley Sportster 1200 custom.
August 27th of last year, 1100pm going down a local freeway in grand rapids michigan. Doing about 65mph my front tire found a 4x4 piece of wood before I did. Bike lifted off the ground, came back down with both front and rear rims dented pretty bad. Trying to slow down took all I could to hold her straight. Finally the bike kicked enough to throw me off and I went sliding about 150-200 ft down the side of the road. The bike tumbled and rolled a bit more than I did and was totaled by the time it stopped. I ended up with a shattered left wrist, and broken right ankle. After 6 hours of surgery I now have a plate and 6 pins in my wrist, and 2 pins in my ankle.
After a couple months of recovery I made it back to work and since it was about winter no point in looking too hard for a new bike at that time. Now that spring has sprung I have also picked up a new bike and now have a 2008 GSXR 1000, white and silver. Picked it up last week tuesday and have so far put close to 500 miles on it. So happy to be back on 2 wheels and rolling down the road again.
August 27th of last year, 1100pm going down a local freeway in grand rapids michigan. Doing about 65mph my front tire found a 4x4 piece of wood before I did. Bike lifted off the ground, came back down with both front and rear rims dented pretty bad. Trying to slow down took all I could to hold her straight. Finally the bike kicked enough to throw me off and I went sliding about 150-200 ft down the side of the road. The bike tumbled and rolled a bit more than I did and was totaled by the time it stopped. I ended up with a shattered left wrist, and broken right ankle. After 6 hours of surgery I now have a plate and 6 pins in my wrist, and 2 pins in my ankle.
After a couple months of recovery I made it back to work and since it was about winter no point in looking too hard for a new bike at that time. Now that spring has sprung I have also picked up a new bike and now have a 2008 GSXR 1000, white and silver. Picked it up last week tuesday and have so far put close to 500 miles on it. So happy to be back on 2 wheels and rolling down the road again.
